Sarah Frances Harrison
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"Sarah Frances Harrison," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/973.
- Position
- Unclear from Context Unclear from Context
- Years in President's House
- circa 1944
- Legal Status
- Free Person
- Gender
- Female
- Presidency
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Biography
- The 1944 White House staff roster and Christmas list included a woman named “Sarah Francis Harrison” or “Frances Harrison” working in the role “House - Floor.” This may mean that she worked as a maid, maintaining the floors and hallways for first family use. (1) At this time, further information about her life and work is scarce.
- (1) "Roster of White House Employees, Revised, April 1, 1944," Folder: Investigative Case Files, 1934-1945, Records of the United States Secret Service, 1933-1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York; “List of Servants and Their Children,” 1944, Folder: Christmas Lists; Topical File, 1933-1945, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Part 1, 1884-1964, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York. Frances is the female version of the name, so the initial spelling is presumed incorrect.
- Birthplace
- Unclear from Context